Bench drill stand



1949- G. c. WILHIDE 2,477,916

' BENCH DRILL STAND Filed Oct. 1. 194a 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 (YE-r277 G 602758216 Patented Aug.-2, 1949 BENCH DRILL STAND Glenn C. Wilhide, Towson, Md., assignor to The Black and Decker Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Maryland Application October 1, 1946, Serial No. 700,474

6 Claims.

1 This invention relates to a bench drill stand for adapting a portable driven drill for use as a bench or press drill.

The stand not only serves as a support for carupper collar 5 and the adjustable collar 1 to hold the complete carriage up to support its weight and the weight of the drill.

Welded to the lower end of the plate 6 is a rying the weight, butalso takes up the torque 5 specially formed forked member or yoke I5 reaction of the tool and by adjustment, may which has recesses I! on its front face and the cover a definite area with a minimum of effort inner edges l8 of the yoke fit neatly indentaon the part of the operator. tions or sockets IS in the nose of the drill cas- The stand of this invention rigidly clamps the ing. Screws 20 holding gear casing 2| of the drilland it may be instantaneously released by 10 drill on the main part of the casing fit snugly means of asingle screw. into the recesses IT in the yoke H5. The inden- Such stands as heretofore have been made have tations [9 are preferably flat as shown at 22 in been elaborate in construction and expensive and their horizontal plane or at right angles to the many of them have been adaptable to drills of drill axis. When the drill is placed downwardly various designs. onto this yoke I6 the drill is firmly held from The stand of this invention is designed for a downward movement and from rotary movement particular design of drill and is designed to be by the pincers-like fingers of the yoke l6 and .most economical of materials and to be easy to the recesses in the yoke in which the screws operate and accurate in alignment of the drill. rest as well as the indentations IS in the drill In carrying out these objects, the parts are made 20 casing. of fabricated steel as far as possible. Atthe rear end or top of the drill, as shown, a Other objects and advantages of the invention further recess or socket 23 is provided and a will be apparent from the following description screw 24 which holds the casing assembled prowhen taken in connection with the accompanyjects upwardly centrally thereof. A rod or screw ing drawings forming a part hereof and in 25 25 threaded in block 26 welded to the upper end which: of the plate 6 with a hole drilled upwardly into Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stand of this the lower end of the screw fits neatly over the invention showing a drill in place therein. screw 24 and in socket 23. The screw 25 is Figure 2 is a fragmentary inverted end view of provided with a lock nut 21 to hold it in locked the drill and stand substantially on line 2-2 of '30 position after once setting it firmly. Figure 1. Screw 24 is preferably in the exact axis of the Figure 3 is a fragmentary view looking downchuck of the drill. Screws 20 are substantially wardly substantially on line 3-3 of Figure 1. diametrically placed from the nose or chuck of Figure 4 is a plan view of the platform subthe drill. vThe placement of the rear screw 'stantially on' line 4-4 of Figure 1. means that pressure downwardly on the drill is Figure 5 is a top plan view of the positioned exerted in the direct line with the drill bit. The drill showing the top support therefor. substantially diametrical location of the screws Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view 20 and sockets l9 securely lock the drill from through the rear end of the drill and the top rotating and prevent any sidewise motion in support therefor. 40 raising the drill.

In the drawings similar numerals refer to sim- It will be apparent from the foregoin descripilar parts throughout the several views. tion that a most simple and economical stand The platform I has a post 2 in socket thereof has been provided and made nevertheless rigid held fast by set screw 4. The post is round and and in which the drill may be placed by the has thereon two collars 5 welded to plate 6 and manipulation of only the one screw and may be an additional or adjustable stop collar 1 having held fast thereby in a rigid vertical position in set screw 8 therein to hold it in place. Collar which it will not rotate, and that it may then I is notched or slotted at 9 to ride on the back be vertically adjusted on the post and readily edge of plate 6 to prevent the rotation of the manipulated in operation. plate when the set screw 8 is tightened. Set It will be apparent that many modifications screw 8 has a long shank ill with a T head ll may be made in the detailed construction of the for turning it. A forked lever l2 with its fork various parts of the stands without departing l3 enclosing stud M on plate 6 has its lower from the invention. end welded to sleeve [5 rotating on shank What is claimed as new and is desired to be I of set screw 8. A spring 28 bears against the secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A bench drill stand for a portable electric drill comprising a post, a carriage on said post having means to hold a drill therein, said carriage having relative movement with said post parallel with the axis of the drill, said means comprising a screw aligned with and bearing on the drill casing in line with the axis of the drill when moving the drill-to operative position and also two fixedly spaced drillcasing supports bearing on the casing opposite to the bearing of the screw and in a direction parallel with the drill axis and spaced therefrom substantially diametrically of the drill axis when withdrawing the drill from operative position, the casing being held by compression between said screw and fixedly spaced supports and from rotation by the supports.

2. A bench drill stand for a portable electric drill comprising a post, a carriage on said post having means to hold a drill therein, said carriagev having relative movement with said post parallel with the axis of the drill, said means comprising a screw aligned with and bearing. on the drill casing when moving the drill to operative position and also two fixedly spaced drill easing supports bearing on the casin opposite to the bearing of the screw and parallel with the drill axis and spaced therefrom substantially diametrically of the drill axis when Withdrawing the drill from operative position, the casing, being held by compression between said screw and fixedly spaced supports and from rotation by the supports, said two fixedly spaced drill easin supports being in a plane transverse to said post.

3. A bench drill stand comprising an upright post, a bracket having collars thereon slidable on said post, a forked member with fixedly spaced prongs extending horizontally from said bracket at the lower end thereof fitting into substantially diametrical openings on the nose of a drill, a vertically extendin set screw extending from the top of the bracket and engaging an opening axially of the drill chuck, said set screw having a lock nut to look a drill vertically between the screw and forked member the casing being held by compression between said screw and member and from rotation by the member.

4. In combination, a portable power driven drill and a bench drill stand, the front of the drill casing having two supporting positions spaced from and extending substantially diametrically of the drill nose, and at the rear end, the casing having a supporting position axially of the drill chuck, the stand having a post and a carriage slidable thereon, a forked member with fixedly spaced prongs extendin from one end of the carriage, the ends of the prongs fitting securely the supporting positions in the front end of the drill casing, an adjustable rod aligned with the drill and extending from the other end of the carriage and having means to hold the same in compression securely in the supporting position at the rear of the casing, the forked member and rod aligning the axis of the drill parallel to the direction of movement of the carriage on the post, the casing being held by compression between the said rod and member and from rotation by the member.

5. A bench drill stand for holding and securely clamping. a portable power driven drill therein, the stand having a carriage, a post on which the carriage is mounted to slide, a forked bracket with fixedly spaced prongs extending at right angles tothe direction of movement from the lower end of the carriage and having recesses in the prong ends, the prong ends fitting in drill casing recesses spaced from and extending substantially diametrically from the drill nose, and the fork recesses fitting over guides in the drill recesses, and a centering and clamping rod aligned with the direction of movement of and extending from the top of said carriage and fitting a, centering means on the rear end of, a drill casing, axially of the drill chuck whereby forward movement of the drill is compelled by force applied axially of the drill chuck and reverse movement is compelled by force applied substantially diametrically of the drill nose, the casing being held by compression between said rod and fork and from rotation by the fork.

6. A bench drill stand for holding and securely clamping a portable power driven drill therein, the stand having a carriage. a post on which the carriage is mounted to slide, means at the ends of the carriage to clamp a drill therebetween so that its axis is parallel with the direction of movement of the carriage, a stud extending from the carriage, a collar on said post and: a. long headed set screw passing through the collar to hold the collar securely in place on the post, a substantially straight lever having a fork at one end, the fork end of the lever being fulcrumed on said screw and the fork fitting over said stud to provide means to slide the carriage on the post.

GLENN C. WILI-HDE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,574,571 Gray Feb. 23, 1926 i 1,832,101- Decker Nov. 17, 1931 2,038,422 Decker Apr; 21, 1936 

